Myth Breakers: EXCELLENT new improved edition available

[Amaryllis]

http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=5535

Myth Breakers: Facts about Electronic Elections
Contact: Ellen Theisen
[e-mail]
360-437-9922
John Gideon
[e-mail]
360-377-4925


January 20th, 2005

Port Ludlow, Washington - The second edition of "Myth Breakers" is now available on the VotersUnite.Org website. This compendium of facts about electronic elections is an updated version of "Myth Breakers for Election Officials," released in April of 2004.
The first edition was distributed to at least 839 county election officials and innumerable others including Congress, state legislators, and journalists. The document was also testimony in three court cases related to electronic voting.
"We're hoping the new edition is distributed even more widely. Our decision-makers need solid, factual information in order to make wise decisions about election systems — decisions some of them are in the process of making right now," said Ellen Theisen, Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org and author of the document.
Like the first edition, the new release contains well-documented, fully-footnoted facts about:
- HAVA misconceptions, such as the false belief that HAVA requires electronic voting
- the inadequate performance of electronic election equipment in past elections
- price comparisons for election systems
- HAVA-compliant alternatives to DREs
- some of the sources of the misinformation
The second edition is updated with news reports about the performance of election systems in the 2004 General Election, additional information about the testing and certification process for voting systems, and more details about the complexities added by the use of software to run elections.
Journalists and concerned citizens, as well as decision-makers, are invited to download and read the document, which is freely available at:
http://www.votersunite.org/MB2.pdf
This media release is available at: http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/mb2-media.htm

[blue4barb]

1. Signed up today to deliver a copy to my county election officials.

Great way to let our election officials know that we're staying on top of elections issues and we're WATCHING.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi blue4barb!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[blue4barb]

10. Thanks for the welcome toast, newyawker 99!

I'm so glad to have found DU. Thanks for helping me feel at home :)

[Amaryllis]

2. kick

[Amaryllis]

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[alexisfree]

4. kick!

[jdog]

5. Excellent! Let's get 'em educated! n/t

[tommcintyre]

6. There's another thread going on this doc, but so important..KICK

[NationalEnquirer]

7. Awesome! Kick!

[Amaryllis]

9. kick

[tommcintyre]

11. Kick "required reading" (recommended)

[marions ghost]

12. This is really excellent

A great tool for us and anyone involved in this.

[marions ghost]

13. KICK

This compilation is MUST reading for anyone concerned about the question of DREs vs VVPB.
...and DREs dont come out looking so good...

[Land Shark]

14. This publication is book-quality stuff

If you appreciate resources like this being available for free, please send a donation to www.votersunite.org They are receiving fewer donations than they deserve because they are really focused on quality research, testifying before the Legislature, staying in touch with folks around the country, and so forth. Give them a shout or a donation...

[crispini]

15. For love

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